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I have been a resident of Second Life for 15 years as of October 23, 2018. Pretty much rezzed in world every day of those 15 years. Of course, there are days when I haven’t. We all get burned out. But I have never been away for too long. Friendships have come and faded. Never gone.

My Second Life career started right away making jewelry. Caroline’s Jewelry closed early 2014, I believe. Fortunately, a few designers then let me have fun and blog for them. My true love of late has been the incredible food creations. I tend to shop Dust Bunny and Apple Fall when looking for food. Not too real, but not fake looking edibles. I like pairing them up with a recipe to try. So this is what I enjoy to do for now.

Onto dessert!! This cake was made for Second Life’s 15th Birthday! The recipe that I have paired with this is Spiced Peaches and Cream Cake. After following the recipe you can decorate the cake with blueberries for added color.

Ingredients

2cups all-purpose flour

2cups cake flour

1tbsp + 1 tsp baking powder

2tsp cinnamon

1tsp allspice

¼tsp nutmeg

¼tsp cloves

¾tsp salt

2⅔sticks unsalted butter, room temperature

2¼cups sugar

4large eggs, room temperature

3tsp vanilla extract

1½cups + 2 tbsp whole milk

3-4ripe peaches, sliced

3cups heavy whipping cream

For the Whipped Cream

6tbsp sugar

1½tsp vanilla extract

¼tsp salt

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Recipe for the Cake

Preheat oven to 350°F. Grease and line three 8″ or 9″ round cake pans.

Whisk both flours, baking soda, spices and salt together. Set aside.

Beat with mixer the butter, sugar, and vanilla for about 3-5 minutes until light and fluffy.

One at a time, beat in eggs.

Using low speed, beat in flour mixture made above in 3 parts. Alternating with milk. in 2 parts. Beat for one minute or until batter is well combined and smooth.

I missed a month or two due to being busy with life. We have all been there. I have seen some great looking food that I wanted to blog, and I could still. Today we are making s’mores because What Next has their s’mores set on sale for half off. And the fact that I could not get into The Arcade to blog some Halloween delights.

Back to the topic, S’mores. Where does the word come from? It is just what you think. S’mores is a contraction of the phrase “some more.” I have put together a little s’mores table with graham crackers, milk chocolate, and marshmallows. These are some of the easiest and most fun treats to make.

The cooler weather is perfect for bon fires and s’mores. Here is how we made ours. Place some of the chocolate bar pieces onto a graham cracker and set to the side. Then put a marshmallow on the end of a stick and hold that over the fire. Cook it as light or dark as you like. I prefer mine burnt. Top with another graham cracker and enjoy!

MishMish recently created this adorable hamburger that has a cute bear face. I looked into how we could create our own. My first stop was Pinterest. Just look at all of the cuteness overload on that page when searching bear burgers! As you can see, a few people make the ears with a meat such as sausage or pepperoni and a little bit of cheese.

I found a recipe that shows you how to make your own buns with ears. Look at this blog post on Edible Bears. They show us how to make your own bear buns. There are more than just cute bear buns on that blog. If you would rather make your hamburger with store bought buns then watch this video on youtube by Ochikeron. She makes a Rilakkuma Avocado Cheeseburger that might be to darling to eat. Her channel is loaded with bento and kawaii dishes that she prepares.

Look at this little baby boy helping me to bake a cake. So adorable! I am not usually one that plays the Black Bantam gachas for babies, but this time I did. We are going to be making a Mandarin Orange Cake today. If I can stop him from eating all of the oranges.

Most of the recipes that I found were made using a box of cake mix. Since Black Bantam went through the trouble to make the flour, we are going to make it from scratch. I am going to share this recipe from Just a Pinch Mandarin Orange Cake from Scratch

Preheat oven to 350 degrees Farenheit.
Grease and Flour two 8 inch cake pans.
In a small bowl, whisk flour and baking powder. Set aside.
Cream Butter and 2 cups Sugar. Add Eggs one at a time until all combined.
Add entire can of Mandarin Oranges. Beat into batter, slightly crushing up oranges.
Slowly add flour mixture until well mixed.
Divide batter between the 2 cake pans. Bake 30-35 minutes, or until toothpick comes out clean. Allow to cool on wire racks.

Can’t you just smell the warm chocolate chip cookies coming right out of the oven? Cookies are always a special treat. It does not matter if it is wintertime or summertime. They are great with a cup of hot cocoa or to take for a snack on a picnic.

To make chocolate chip cookies Ultimate you will want to make an ice cream sandwich with them. Just add a scoop of ice cream in between two cookies. I think most any flavor ice cream would do just fine. Below is a recipe for a batch of Ultimate Chocolate Chip Cookies that comes from Gold Medal Flour’s website. I added that including nuts in your recipe is optional. Dust Bunny’s Homemade Summer Treats

Getting ready for a garden party at my house. Artichokes are used as flowers in a small jar, colorful pastel plates, and linen place mats for decor. Fig salada, flower cake with blueberries and blackberries, and fresh bread are just a start. I love having a lot of plants and vegetables in my kitchen. They bring it alive in sight and smell.

Once in awhile we all have that disaster of a cake where you can only laugh about it. You know when you give the bakery a photo of the cake you want and instead get a wreck. Here is one such cake. Random Matter released a kitchen disaster at the latest Epiphany event. I need to get more pieces from this set! It is fabulous! Cake Wrecks has plenty of disasters to amaze you.

You may have noticed this is not my usual kitchen. I’m using the hive // built-in kitchen skybox. This is a pretty nice size kitchen. It comes with a stove, fridge, pantry. There are plenty of shelves that do not open (the pantry does). The skybox is pretty nice. It has the kitchen and one large room. Great for loft living.

I LOVE my new hairstyle from Truth. You really need to see the stylist hud on flickr. So many ways to wear it. Cute! You can get this look at Uber. The flour that is all over my face and arms comes from Stellar. It is an omega applier that I am wearing on my Catwa. Pretty fun applier!